Big 12 B-Ball News 2024-25

[GoBearcats31]

TCU's Frankie Collins (via Arizona State via Michigan) broke his foot and is done for the season. He was leading TCU in points, assists, steals.

[Lobot]

Dug McDaniels has left the team at KSU. ?!?

[swilsonsp4]

Dug McDaniels has left the team at KSU. ?!?

I see that he sat out the last game ("coach's decision"). I can't find anything that says definitively that he's leaving. This is on top of the departure of Achor Achor a couple days ago.

[GoBearcats31]

Iowa State has agreed to a new contract with TJ Otzelberger through 2032

[GoBearcats31]

Big 12 power rankings published on Cincinnati.com from someone at The Oklahoman, presumably a sister news outlet
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/spo...9007/?tbref=hp

UC listed at #5

[Lobot]

Opinions from the state of Kansas : (~$)

https://www.cjonline.com/story/sport...s/77205837007/

[leeraymond]

Watch out for West Virginia. This is a good team with good players. Enough said.

[swilsonsp4]

Watch out for West Virginia. This is a good team with good players. Enough said.

However, with their top player, Tucker DeVries, out for an extended time (and possibly for the season), the Mountaineers are short-handed. The B12 grind is likely to wear them down.

[leeraymond]

However, with their top player, Tucker DeVries, out for an extended time (and possibly for the season), the Mountaineers are short-handed. The B12 grind is likely to wear them down.

West Virginia is a pretty good defensive team. They are holding teams to 63.6 points / g, their opponents are shooting 37.3% from two, and 28% from three. They have wins over Gonzaga, Arizona, and Georgetown. Their last three games, without DeVries, WV has held those three teams to a combined average of 50 points a game.

You are assuming that Tucker DeVries is WV's main weapon. He is WV's MAIN three-point shooter. DeVries makes about 3 threes /g. Sixty-four percent (64%) of his shots are 3-point shots. Overall, DeVries took only about 12.9 % of all the shots. WV has other weapons. Javon Smalls (6'3" point guard) hits for 19 points / g, Amani Hansberry (6'8" 240 forward) scores about 10 points a game, and WV also has a little-known 6'8" guard, Toby Okani, who may be (maybe) an NBA prospect.

In other words, what I am saying to you, I think WV can win without DeVries in the lineup. I believe that WV may be one of the sleeper teams in the BIG XII. I have seen them play. WV appears to have a REAL CHEMISTRY this year. I could be wrong, but of what I have seen of them they have some really good parts and pieces.

Watch out for West Virginia.

[Lobot]

West Virginia is a pretty good defensive team. They are holding teams to 63.6 points / g, their opponents are shooting 37.3% from two, and 28% from three. They have wins over Gonzaga, Arizona, and Georgetown. Their last three games, without DeVries, WV has held those three teams to a combined average of 50 points a game.

You are assuming that Tucker DeVries is WV's main weapon. He is WV's MAIN three-point shooter. DeVries makes about 3 threes /g. Sixty-four percent (64%) of his shots are 3-point shots. Overall, DeVries took only about 12.9 % of all the shots. WV has other weapons. Javon Smalls (6'3" point guard) hits for 19 points / g, Amani Hansberry (6'8" 240 forward) scores about 10 points a game, and WV also has a little-known 6'8" guard, Toby Okani, who may be (maybe) an NBA prospect.

In other words, what I am saying to you, I think WV can win without DeVries in the lineup. I believe that WV may be one of the sleeper teams in the BIG XII. I have seen them play. WV appears to have a REAL CHEMISTRY this year. I could be wrong, but of what I have seen of them they have some really good parts and pieces.

Watch out for West Virginia.

Just a reminder. We've seen Small. Formerly at ECU and OK State last year. High volume scorer at the PG position.

[swilsonsp4]

They are more talented this year. Their problem is depth over a 20-game B12 schedule with no bye weeks.

[leeraymond]

They are more talented this year. Their problem is depth over a 20-game B12 schedule with no bye weeks.

Yeah. You may have a good point there. With no byes, the BIG XII is going to be really tough for everybody.

[Lobot]

Here's the opening night slate of games in the Big XII for tomorrow:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...241230/group/8

[GoBearcats31]

Arizona's 7'2 Motiejus Krivas (7.9 ppg, 4.5 rpg in four games) is out for the year.

In other news about UC's next opponent, they have 20 (!) guys on the roster https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...izona-wildcats

[GoBearcats31]

Stud Arizona State freshman Joson Sanon is apparently dealing with an injury and could be in jeopardy of missing Saturday's game at UC

In other key Big 12 news, Houston's Emmanuel Sharp has a pet squirrel
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/spo...l-20033319.php